Washing-machine.



' Patented Sept. 13,1910.

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u. FORSTER. WASHING 'MAGHINE. APPLIUATIQON FILED NOV. 16, 1909.

Patented Sept. 13,1910.

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JOHN C. FORSTER, OF PITTSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA.

WASHING-MACHINE.

' Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Sept. 13, 1910. Application filed November 16, 1909. Serial No. 528,320.

latter extending outwardly through ,a slot 14 in tub 2, and ivotally mounted upon a bracket 15 secured to the latter; end of lever 13 is connected by link 16 to the lower end of a vertical lever 17 pivotally mounted at 18 upon the upward one of the sup orting le 3. he upper end 'of lever 17 is andengages a cam 19 secured to horizontal'main drive shaft 0, journaled in bearin 21 secured to leg 3. he inner end of sha t 20 extends beyond aring 21 and is provided with a crank arm 22, connected by to clamp 24, through which extends the pounder-carrying stem 25. By tiis means the pounder may be raised or d as required for o erating on either a small or large bulk of c othing. reciprocates in guides 28, 29 and 30, the last two bein carried by hearing 21 and spaced apart su ciently to permit crank 22 to rotate therebetween. Arm 29 is extended transversely and provided with a guide slot 31 for link 23.

As shown in Figs. 1,,and 2, stem 25 is of tubular forin,-and slidable therein is rod 33 having head 34 at its To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN C. FORSTER, a resident of Pittsburg,in the county of Allegheny and State of enns lvania, have invented certain new and use 111 Improvements in lVashing-Machines, of which. the following is a specification.

e general object of this invention is to to in ury.

ther purpose is to provide for so moving the clothes during the washing process that all parts thereof are thoroughly cleansed.

or small bulk to a wide range of ad ustment for the pounder, the invention ly securing the operating means.

form, rawings, wherein-' Figure 1 is a perspective View ofthe improved machine, portions of the tub and the carrier and the cover being roken away. Fig. 2 a vertical central section of'the'pounder and the member upon which it is carried. Fig 3 a bottom plan of in preferred ca 35 and incloses spring 36, which latter and the pounder normally depressed. This spring permits the pounder to yield upwardly on its down stroke, thereby insuring efiective pressure on the clothes without danger of breaking its operating parts. The rod 33 fits at its lower end in a vertical sleeve 37 secured to pounder head 26, and is locked thereon by two clutches, each conslsting of a lever 39 pivoted to sleeve 37 and t e accompanying tion on an enlarged scale of the upper portionofthe pounder, taken on line H of Fig. 5 a view similar to Fi 2, illusmodified construction 0 pounder hod of attachment to the carrying member.

Referring to the drawings, 2 is the tub, he supporting legs of any suitable height. The tub 2 is provided with a slightly conical bottom v4 into which is the drain pipe 5, rovided with a stop-cock 6. An inner tub-like carrier 7 bottom and, sides at 8, is within tub 2 upon a central pivotal support 9, and'a series of rollers 10.

A circular rack 11 is secured to carrier 7 at or near its top, and is engaged by a dog 12 pivoted to the inner end of lever 13, the l terfering with such movement.

extension of spring 36,

pounder In addition to its movement verticircling the carrier, dog actuating means, and tive within the carrier.

2. In a washing machine, tion of a clothes container,

or"turning movement thus imparted to the a dog engaging the rack,

a pounder operacally greatly increases 1ts efficiency.

-To prevent the formation of a partial vacuum in the pounder which would tend to the combinaa horizontal hold the articles therein on 'theup stroke, bearin supported above the container, perforations 47 are formed in top which gui'de arms projected from the bearing, a are controlled by disk valve 48, normally vertically movable pounder having an .op-

resting ontop edges of. in alinement by a vertical stem49. A wire ring 50 surrounds the row of perforations. 47 and serves as a seat for valve 48. A circular shield 51 carried by sleeve 37 deflects downwardly any water forced through the perforations. I

Tub 2 may beprovided with a cover 52, slotted at 53 to permit of'its being readily slipped into place and removed when the ounder is in position. If desired a wringer trough or box 54 may be secured to one side of the tub and provided with openings 55 to drain it into the tub.

In the construction shown in Fig. 5, the pounder carrying sleeve 37 is made somewhat longer than sleeve 37, Fig. 2, and is provided with a screw. cap 56, through which passes a short stem 57 provided at itslower end with a head 58. A spring 36 said head and the hold the latter norsimilarly to Fig. 2. A conical cap 59 incloses valve stem 49' and excludes water from the spring-inclosing sleeve. Ihe upper end of stem 57 is detachably secured to the operating member by .a threaded connection the operating member in this stem guided ournaled in crating shaft j crank and an adjustable connection crank and the pounder stem.

3. In a washing machine, the combination of a tub, a perforated clothes container rotatable within the tub, a circular rack carried by the upper portion of the container, a dog movably mounted on the tub and operatively engaging the rack, and dog operating means.

,4. In a washing machine, the combination of a tub, a perforated clothes container rotatably mounted in the tub, a cover for the tub, and container movingmeans operative at the exterior of the tub and extending into a portion thereof beneath the cover an eratively engaging the upper portion of container. o

5. In a washing machine, the combination of a tub, a perforated clothes container rotatably mounted in the tub, a cover or the tub,

ortion of the container, oscillate'on the tub and space beneath the cover, for engaging the rack, and means at the exterior of the tub.

blades 46 and held by said arms, a crank i h the the bearing wit the pounder and serves to maglly in its lowest position,

an arm mounted to extending lnto the instance cona dog on the arm arm oscillating thereof arranged between said arms, between the a circular rack secured to the upper sisting ,of a solid rod 61 which is substituted 6. In a washing machine, the combination for tubular stem 25 of the construction first of a tub having a side opening adjacent .its described, upper edge, a cover for the tub, a perforated In operating the machine, the pounder clothes container-rotatably mounte in the a motor,

26 is adjusted reciprocating motion to pounder 26, which, .owing twisting of the by the upper container ach the side y engaging tub, a .circular rack carried portion of the container, and

tuating means extending throu in the tub and operative openmg. the circular rack.

7 In a washing machine, of a tub' having a side openmg adjacent its upper edge, a cover for the tub, a perforated c othes container rotatably mounte in tub, a circular rack carried by the upper portion of the container, a horizontal arm pivotallymountedon the exterior of the tub 7 is interthe medium 0 I9 and their attendat the same time crank connections impart a vertically the combination to spring 36, engages he clothes with and the slight effective yielding pressure, articles and the accompanymg defiection of the water, due to the in-- clination of the blades, greatly increases the efliciency of the pounder. The twisting and thereof, a dog on' the arm for engaging the rack, and arm operating means'at t e exterior of the tub.

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and extending through the side opening 3 turning of the clothes by the pounder an 8. In a washingmachine, thecombination their progressive movement by the perfoof a tub, a horizontal bearing above the tub, rated carrier results in thoroughly cleansing a guideway rlgid wlth. the bearing and ex-- 1 all portions thereof.

- I claim:

- 1. 'In awashing machine, the combination of a tub, a perforated clothes carrier movably mounted therein, a toothed rack entending outwardly beyond formed with a (guideway and with a zontal slot a jacent he guideway, a pounder, a, pounder stem guideway, a shaft journaled in the same and movable mg the i the bearing,

horrarms rigid with and extend tion of a tub horizontal bearing supported by the h crank on the shaft, and a link exwit the bearing and rigid therewith tending through the slot 111g outwardly beyond the bearing, each of with its ends connected to the man]: and said arms formed with a vertical passage, a pounder stem, respectively. pounder, a pounder stem movable vertically 9. In a washing machine, the combination in he passag s of Said arms, a Shaft joulof a tub, a horizontal bearing above the tub,

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the upper arm having a horizontal slot disposed pound in the arm guideways, a shaft journaled in the bearing andpounder, a clothes container movably mounted in the tub, a lever mounted to oscillate on a horizontal ful and extendtween said arms, and a link extendin crum, an eccentric on the shaft engaging through the slot of the upper bearing with and oscillating said lever, and means actuits en s connected to the cran (and pounder ated by the lever for moving the container. stem, respectively. In testimony whereof I alhxv my signature In a washing machine, the combinaa post raised from the tub, a post 111 presence of two witnesses.

JOHN o. FORSTER.

beneath the upper end of the latter, a guide Witnesses: arm extending from the upper end of the J. M. NESBIT, post, angular guide arms above and below F. E. GAITHER. 

